December 14, 2010, 7:07PM

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York and federal authorities said Tuesday that a state senator and his son have been indicted on six charges that they embezzled more than $500,000 from their New York City health clinic for lavish spending, including Broadway shows, a Bentley automobile, and a pony for a birthday party. Democratic Sen. Pedro Espada, who lost his... Full story »

September 16, 2010, 5:01AM

Three Democratic politicians who were marred with scandal faced primaries in New York City Tuesday. Two were tossed to the curb; one cruised to victory. Voters in the Bronx came down hard on state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., who is under investigation on charges of helping to siphon off $14 million from his not-for-profit health network. Espada lost... Full story »

September 05, 2010, 5:01AM

How difficult is it to defeat an incumbent in the state Legislature? Ask the guy who’s challenging Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. Espada, a Bronx Democrat, is the politician who joined the Republican caucus last year in return for a leadership position, igniting the coup that effectively shut the chamber down for a month. He switched back to the... Full story »

August 03, 2010, 12:21PM

July 06, 2010, 5:01AM

A year ago, after state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx took part in a Senate “coup” attempt by aligning himself with the minority Republicans, Democrats wooed him back by giving him the title of Senate majority leader. It was a shockingly cynical move that won back the Senate majority for the Democrats. Now, according to a story in... Full story »

June 13, 2010, 9:55PM

Albany, NY — Senate Democrats sought to assure New Yorkers and the state’s 200,000 employees tonight that a government shutdown will be averted Monday. “We are not going to shut down government and risk the safety and livelihood of millions of New Yorkers,” said Senate Democratic majority spokesman Austin Shafran. Shafran said today that an emergency bill to extend funding... Full story »

June 10, 2010, 5:02AM

A year ago this week, a cabal of New York state senators led by Pedro Espada, D-Bronx and Dean Skelos, R-Long Island, staged a power grab in Albany. In switching allegiances, Espada helped deliver a slim majority to Skelos and the Republicans. In return, he was rewarded with leadership plums. Like most cockeyed schemes, this “coup” eventually fell apart.... Full story »

April 22, 2010, 5:01AM

This page made the argument last summer that state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr., D-Bronx, might have been guilty of accepting bribes during the so-called Senate coup attempt. After all, he switched to the Republican caucus in return for being named Senate president, with all that office’s trappings. Then he was lured back to the Democrats, who rewarded him by... Full story »